BS in Business, Human Resource Management, FlexPath option

School of Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration

Learners in the bachelor’s Human Resource Management specialization build the human resource management, interpersonal, and professional thinking skills needed to manage talent, develop intellectual capital, deal with continuous change, and impact organizational effectiveness as HR leaders and managers at all levels of their organizations. Learners gain and demonstrate a working knowledge of how to staff an organization, train and develop employees, maintain a fair and equitable compensation system, establish human resource policies and procedures, and institute strategies to meet the HR needs for the organization’s future. Learners who pursue this specialization through the FlexPath option earn a BS in Business through self-paced demonstrations of competencies.

General Education Requirements

Choose 22.5 program points with a minimum of 2 program points from each category; see General Education Courses, FlexPath option.†

Additional Program Requirements

Core courses

At least 21 program points

BUS-FPX3007	Developing a Business Perspective	3
BUS-FPX3011	Fundamentals of Management	1.5
BUS-FPX3012	Fundamentals of Leadership	1.5
BUS-FPX3021	Fundamentals of Business Law	1.5
BUS-FPX3022	Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management	1.5
BUS-FPX3030	Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales	3
BUS-FPX3040	Fundamentals of Human Resource Management	3
BUS-FPX3050	Fundamentals of Organizational Communication	3
BUS-FPX3061	Fundamentals of Accounting	1.5
BUS-FPX3062	Fundamentals of Finance	1.5

Specialization courses

At least 24 program points

BUS-FPX4043	Compensation and Benefits Management	3
BUS-FPX4044	Legal Issues in Human Resource Management	3
BUS-FPX4045	Recruiting, Retention, and Development	3
BUS-FPX4046	Employee and Labor Relations	3
BUS-FPX4047	Employee Training and Development	3
BUS-FPX4048	International HR Management Issues	3
BUS-FPX4801	Ethics and Enterprise	3
BUS-FPX4802	Change Management	3

Elective courses

At least 19.5 program points

Choose courses to fulfill total program points.†

Capstone course

At least 3 program points

Taken during the learner’s final quarter

BUS-FPX4993

Business Capstone Project

Total

At least 90 program points, including a minimum of 27 program points from the 3000/4000 level

One or more courses in this program may require a prerequisite(s). Refer to the course descriptions for details.

Learners who do not complete all program requirements within quarter credit/program point minimums will be required to accrue such additional quarter credits/program points as are associated with any additional or repeat coursework necessary for successful completion of program requirements.

† Learners in this specialization choose general education, specialization, and elective courses from the FlexPath (-FPX) course list.

GuidedPath courses and FlexPath courses fulfill the program requirements and prerequisites for each delivery model.